17:15a

When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back: What Jesus said in 17:17 indicates that all ten of the lepers realized that their leprosy was gone. However, only one of them went back to Jesus.

In some languages a literal translation may wrongly imply that only this one man saw that he was healed. It may imply that the other nine did not notice that they were healed. If that is true in your language, you may need to make the meaning more explicit. For example:

After ⌊the men⌋ saw that they had been healed, one of them came back…

he was healed: The Greek verb that the Berean Standard Bible translates as was healed refers specifically to being physically cured. It is a different word from the word that the Berean Standard Bible translated as “cleansed” in 17:14. He noticed that his skin disease was gone.

The verb was healed is passive. Some ways to translate it are:

• As a passive verb. For example:

he was cured
-or-
he had been healed

• Without passive verb. For example:

he was well
-or-

⌊God/Jesus⌋ had healed him

Translate the verb in a natural way in your language.

17:15b

praising God in a loud voice: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as praising is literally “glorifying,” as in the New American Standard Bible. In this context it means to praise God and thank him. It means to speak about how great God is and about the wonderful things he does. This man was shouting out his praise and thanks to God. Some other ways to translate this are:

shouting, “Praise God!” (New Living Translation (2004))
-or-
…shouting praises to God. (Contemporary English Version)
-or-
saying loudly, “God is great!”

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